Tents pre-treated with insecticide for malaria control in refugee camps: An entomological evaluation

Malaria Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Graham, Kate ^a,b   Rehman, Hameed ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Kamal, Mohammed ^a   Khan, Irfanullah ^a   Rowland, Mark ^b  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; POLYETHYLENE;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BED NET; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; REFUGEE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATTLE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; NITRILES; POLYETHYLENE; PYRETHRINS; REFUGEES; TEXTILES;

EID: 4844224124     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-3-25     Document Type: Article

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